solid.java

GEo 地理操作源代码

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 ** $Id: Solid.java,v 1.3 2004/03/09 20:02:56 desruisseaux Exp $
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 ** $Source: /cvsroot/geoapi/src/org/opengis/spatialschema/geometry/primitive/Solid.java,v $
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package org.opengis.spatialschema.geometry.primitive;


/**
 * Basis for 3-dimensional geometry. The extent of a solid is
 * defined by the boundary surfaces.
 *
 * @UML type GM_Solid
 * @author ISO/DIS 19107
 * @author <A HREF="http://www.opengis.org">OpenGIS&reg; consortium</A>
 * @version 2.0
 *
 * @see PrimitiveFactory#createSolid
 *
 * @revisit Some associations are commented out for now.
 */
public interface Solid extends Primitive {
    /**
     * Returns a sequence of sets of {@linkplain Surface surfaces} that limit the extent of this
     * <code>Solid</code>. These surfaces shall be organized into one set of surfaces for each
     * boundary component of this <code>Solid</code>. Each of these shells shall be a cycle
     * (closed composite surface without boundary).
     *
     * <blockquote><font size=2>
     * <strong>NOTE:</strong> The exterior shell of a solid is defined only because the embedding
     * coordinate space is always a 3D Euclidean one. In general, a solid in a bounded 3-dimensional
     * manifold has no distinguished exterior boundary. In cases where "exterior" boundary is not
     * well defined, all the shells of the {@linkplain SolidBoundary solid boundary} shall be
     * listed as "interior".
     * </font></blockquote>
     *
     * The {@linkplain OrientableSurface orientable surfaces} that bound a solid shall be oriented
     * outward